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THE BOCK ISLAND AKGPS. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1912.
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FIVE MUSICAL LASSIES-AT EMPIRE
ulu nuuuuinnun
IS FOP, BASEBALL
It was stated today that the direc
tors of the Rock Island Baseball as
sociation, who weathered 11 years of
the storms of the Three-Eye league,
are ready to father the move locally
for the placing of a eam la the pro
posed six-club league, In response to
pressure from the fans of the city,
scores of whom, during the past
week, nave communicated with the
directors and urged them to Identify
themselves with the enterprise. The
directors of the association state
that In the event that & six-club league
Is launched, they will assume the whole
financial responsibility without ask
ing the public for any contributions.
However, none of the old directors
wish to be actively affiliated with the
direction of the club, preferring to
take in some new blood as stockhold
ers, and allowing others than those
who have heretofore officered the as
sociation to be the real magnates.
Mollns Is red hot for the six-club
proposition, as are Cedar Rapids and
Waterloo. A meeting will be called
In this city during the coming week,
it is announced.
It has been suggested that the pros
pective new league known as the I. & I.
IN THE THREE-EYE
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15 Davenport
Qulncy, March 14. The park known
as Sportsman's park, u-d for the past
several seasons for ball games, baa re
cently fceen sold and divided into build
ing lots. To meet rquironK'nts for
the coming season, the local baseball
association has secured possession of
land adjoining Highland park, and ac
tive preparations have commenced for
fitting the p'.ace for general athletic
ports in modern and up-to-date man
ner. The now park will be enclosed
by an iron fence 12 feet high, and a
convenient grand stand and bleachers
will be constructed. The estimated
cost of the park and improvements is
15,000.
Bloomlngton I'antagraph: Mr. Hayes'
rchedule, while perhaps good in some
directions and for some clubs, certain
ly does not set well here. To give
Blooming'on three Sundays each in
May and June and one each in July,
August and September is .scarcely fair.
Iiloomington also draws Dubtique for
two holiday gauis. when southern di
vision clubs would prove much more
satisfactory, especially in the event
that there was a bis celebration of La
lKr day here as planned. It would ap
pear cnly fair to divide Sundays more
equally, giving two each in May, June,
July and August. Hlonmlngton will
have a feast in the first half of the sea
son and a famine in the remaining half.
Second Baseman Lyon Bell and
Htchcr lo!iard Pchroeder, both with
Springfield Decatur last season, have
signed their 1 11 2 contracts with the
Ixjuisvlile club of the American asso
ciation. The baseball guide did not have much
dope on the four pitchers purchased by
iJecatur from Terre Haute. Apparent
ly they are newcomers, with the excep
tion of Kohl, who was on third for the
Huts last year. He stood eighth in
fielding, with .913, lust season. His bat
ting docs not sliow up in the aver
ages. The o!her players were not on
the Tcrre Haute team last season. Se
lection of players from the Central
league is somewhat surprising. Colum
bus has always been the traditional
supply station for Decatur.
March
strels.
March 17 "The
Cort).
March 24 Flora De Voss Co.
Elks' Min-
Gamblers" (John
THE EMPIRE.
Dally vaudeville performances
3:00 and 8:15.
at
Danville, March 14. John Mas
sing, catcher on last season's Dan
ville Three-Eye team, has been ap
pointed playing manager for the com
ing season. First Baseman Dick
Ftanley signed a contract and others
rt expected to sign this week.
AT THE ILLINOIS.
That old. old story, so new to present
day theatre-goers, "slavery days," will
be interpreted Friday evening at the
Illinois, by Stetson's "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" company. It is claimed: "For
this season the members of the Stet
son company were selected especially
for his or her adaptability to the roles
essayed. The result has been a rarely
harmonious whole, it is claimed, which
has done much to add to the effective
ness of the production. The scenery,
painted especially for this revival, In
cludes a number of handsome scenes
reproduced from pictures of the locali
ties mentioned in the book, as they
were at the time when the great author
ess first wrote the story, more than 50
years ago. Some of the most notable
of these scenes are the Suwanee river
by moonlight, cotton fields in full
bloom, the Ohio river in winter, and
the escape of Eliza, carrying her child
across the floating Ice; the rocky pass
Jin which George Harris made his stand
against the men pursuing him and pro
tected his family; the St. Clair planta
tion home, the levee at New Orleans,
showing a slave auction; degree's plan
tation, and lastly, the beautiful trans
formation scene, showing Eva's ascen
sion lo the celestial city. The play
has long since been public property and
has been played by many poor compa
nies until the public has come to rec
ognize the fact that none but Manager
Washburn has the one great, unequaled
organization, and that is why his Stet
son production always brings out the
theatre-going crowd."
"THE GAMBLERS."
"The Gamblers" will be the attrac
tion at the Illinois next Sunday. This
splendidly constructed and intensely
interesting drama by Charles Klein es
tablished the record for long runs
among serious plays of the past sea
son, remaining at Maxine Elliott's
theatre. New York, for over 200 con
secutive performances. The story has
to do with a young financier who has
followed In the footsteps of others de
siring to gain & fortune in too short a
time. He finds himself involved with
the federal government through the
misuse of the funds of a banking insti
tution of which 'he Is the "brains. At
the very moment he obtains the sum
needed to straighten out the financial
tangle, one of his partners, frightened
by threats of jail sentence, turns over
to the prosecuting attorney certain
notes that are sufficient evidence to
send to prison the heads of the bank,
including the young man's father, who
is innocent of wrong doing.
GEORGE M. COHAN'S GRAND.
From the very start, the taking
oer of the former Grand opera
house of Chicago by Cohan & Har
ris, New York's most enterprising of
play producers, and attendant re-
taming of the honored structure the
new George M. Cohan's Grand opera
house, brought with it a success be
ond the most sanguine of expecta
tions. The change, in effect, has act
ed like a veritable elixir, everything
and everybody having to do ith the
direction of the playhouse, seemingly
is impregnated with the unbounded
spirit and "go" of the only real Yan
kee Doodle boy the American stage
has ever known and there is within
its walls, an eager and alert air, sure
percursor of an amiable and
contented prosperity hovering over
all. Cohen & Harris, in their
first put over of Augustin
MacHugh's melodramatic farce, "Of
ficer 666," have found the bull's eye
cf success with a well-directed, clean
and swift sure-fire, center shot, the
play -having proven a highly ingen
ious and diverting fabric of fun and
thrill in which incident is incessant,
surprises frequent and suspense keen;
just the sort of entertainment th
public craves. The play is elaborate
ly staged, the settings being in good
taete.
L.R.CRANEiW
ia01-l&-.2nd.Ave. EOOL
THE EARLY BIRD
GETS THE WORM
In this instance The Hub, L. R. Crane, is the early bird
and after the worm. I want the business, and if prices are
taken into consideration I am positive I will get it with our
big spring showing of the greatest line in new spring Union
made suits, hats, Union made collars, sox and furnishings ever
shown before to the public.
On March 15 and 16, Friday and Saturday of this week, we
are going to have an expert tailor and cutter from one of the
largest union made tailoring houses in the world at our store
to take your measurements for made to order suits. On those
days you can come in and pick out your suit, have your measure
taken by an expert, and get your suit whenever you are ready
for it, and you get your pick from 1,000 woolens.
To start the ball rolling for spring business we
you a spring suit made to your measure or ready made,
at $15 and $18, with Union label. We guarantee every
goes out of bur store, and if uot satisfactory your money
cheerfully refunded.
$22.50 Suits, All Wool, to Your Measure or Ready
to Wear, at $15.00.
THE HUB, L. R. Crane, Rock Island .
Will sell
ALL WOOL,
suit tha.
you
Don' t forget
to give
the date, March 15th and 16th.
us a call. If it's new, it's here.
It will pay
AN ELK "CUT-UP"
YOU EISK NO MONEY
MINSTREL ELKS IN A
BIG STREET PARADE
Undaunted by the snowstorm this
noon, half a hundred Llks from this
city and Davenport, attired in fancy
minstrel garb, paraded through the
streets as an advertisement of the
Elks' Minstrels, which is booked at the
Illinois theatre tonight. Preceding the
Elks was a bugler, and a band of 12
pieces brought up the rear. The par
ade attracted considerable attention.
SPOMTNG
Sheriff Louie Eckhardt of Scott
county is one of the funny fellows to
be seen in the Davenport Elks' mln
strel show at the Illinois tonight.
At High School
The Hart Literary society met last
evening after 6ch(5ol. The following
program was heard and enjoyed:
Story of St. Patrick Emma Beutt
ner. St Patrick's Declamation Cora Em
ery. Original Short Story Veda Grove.
Debate, "Resolved That St Patrick
W as Greater Than George Washing
ton" Affirmative, Irene Goldstone;
negative, Eunice Soady.
Piano solo Thekla Heimbeck.
The affirmative side of the debate
was successful.
NOTES
San Francisco, Cal., March 14.
Frank Klaus and Jack Dillon have
started training for their bout here
March 23. The winner will meet
Eddie McGoorty in April in a match
which will be announced as the mid
dleweight championship event.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 14.
Knockout Brown, the New York
lightweight, came from behind in his
bout with Young Erne, the local box
er, and earned a draw at the end of
the sixth round at the National A. C.
last night.
Chicago, March 14. Announce
ment was made yesterday of the pur
chase by C. K. G. Billings of New
York city of the champion trotting
stallion The Harvester, record 2:01.
The exact price was not given out,
but was stated to be "in exct-83 of
$50,000."- The negotiations on be
half of Mr. Billings were conducted
by Joseph I. Markey of the Chicago
Horse Review, while J. T. Boyd of
Milwaukee acted for the
Uihlein estate, which owned the
horse. This transaction makes Mr.
fl LLP NOBS THEATRE
TOMORROW, MATINEE AND NIGHT
Leon W. Washburn Offers Stetson's Big Spectacular
Production of
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
With all the added features that have made this company famous.
Stetson's Military Band and Colored Drum Corps.
Two Funny Topsies Two Eccentric Marks.
Grand Transformation Scenes and Mechanical KfTects.
Jubilee singers, cakewalkers, buck dancers, bloodhounds, cotton
picking scenes, floats and tableaux drawn by small Shetland ponies.
W.I 'I'd! FOU THE BIG ST It EFT PA K ADR HEATS A CIKCl'S.
Prices Matinee at 3:30 10c and 25c.
Night 10c, 20c, 30c and 50c.
Billings owner of t?iree world's
champion trotters, the others being
Lou Dillon, 1:58, champion mare,
and Uhlan, 1:58 3-4, champion geld
Nineteen Miles a Second
without a jar, shock or disturbance, is
i the awful speed of our earth through
space. We wonder at such ease of
nature's movement, and so do those
who take Dr. King's New Life Pills.
No griping, no distress, just thorough
August! work that brings good health and fine
feelings. Twenty-five cents at all
druggists'.
Our reputation and Money Are Hack
of This. (MIit
We pay for till the medicine used
during the trial, if our remedy fails
to completely relieve you of consti
pation. We take all the risk. You
ore not obligated to us in any way
whatever, if you accept our offer.
Could anj'thing be more fair for you?
Ij there any reason why you should
hesitate to put our lalms to a prac
tical test?
A most scientific, common-sense
treatment is RexaJl Orderlies, which
are eaten like caudy. They are very
pronounced, gentle tim! pleasant in
action, and particularly agreeable in
every way. They do net cause diar
rhoea, nausea, natu'.eu. e, griping, or
other inconvenience. Retail Order
lies are particularly g"0C for chil
dren, aged and delicate persons.
We urge you to try Kex-dl Order
lies at our risk. Three s r.es, 10c,
2oc. and 50c. Reniemb-T, you can
:et Rexall Remedies in th 3 lommun
ity only at our store The Rexall
Store. The Thomas Drug company.
OFFICIAL BASEBALL SCHEDULE OF THRbE-EYE LEAGUE FOR 1912
AMUSEMENTS,
CLUBS.
DAVENPORT.
DUBUQUE.
PEORIA.
BLOOMINGTON. ,
J
QTIUMH
I uiuiiinuu
BOTHER YOU?
Don't trifle with or neglect It.
Just get bottle of
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
today. It will tone and
strengthen the tomarh Mid
make you well again. '.
QUINCY.
SPRINGFIELD.
DANVILLE.
DECATUR.
At DAVENPORT At DUBUQUE At PEORIA AT BLOOMINGTON AT QUINCY. At SPRINGFIELD At DANVILLE AT DECATUR
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TONIGHT
The Big Laughing Show
ELKS'
MINSTRELS
featuring "Lefty" Hampton and
"Dad" Wendell as Star Knd
Man.
The best minstrel show ever seen
here. Davenport Democrat. .
SKAT SALK NOW Ol'KS.
Some good seats Mill left.
Prices 25c to $1.00.
Curtain :20. Carringcs 10:4."5.
Tl EMPIRE
AVIATOR GIRL
and Five Musical Lassies
Special Friday matinee
Silver pin tray to each
lady.
Phone 708 West.
s Sundays, h Holidays.
Oi-en dales, May 7, 27, July 1, 5, 15, 29, Aug. 21. Staaon opens May 2. Season closes SepL S.
Ladles' days, Tuesdays and Fridays. May 5, Sunday, 50 cents. May 12, Sunday, 50 cents
F. COHEN
The Paris Ladies .
Tailor and Furrier'
1718V2 Second Avenue
Over Math's.
Call and select your spring
suit.
. The very latest novelties and
styles. All work guaranteed. .
Telephone West o:J9-
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